Long Beach, CA – On August 21, we attended the hotly anticipated Motion Auto Show, hoping that something would finally fill the void that’s been missing in recent years – a car show that was actually good and worth staying the whole day for.  Thankfully, Motion did not disappoint- the fact that we actually drove out to ghetto ass Long Beach alone should prove how excited we were for this (are ghetto LBC jokes still in fashion?). You know a car show is gonna be huge when vendors and competitors bring out their mother freakin’ ice sculptures.

Set up by the Pro-Motion Distributing company, no corners were cut in the planning of this event- all the big vendors were here; including Mobil 1, Falken, and my personal show favorite, Scion. More importantly, big vendors = free schwag, free schwag = happy attendees. You know you love those free hats that you’ll never wear.  Of course, the other component that makes a car show worth attending is surprisingly, the cars that show! In this regard again Motion sets the bar, with most of the biggest teams making their appearance- ACE/High End, TWC, MFest, Hybrid, you name it- they were there.  There were quite a few unique appearances as well as you will see in our gallery.  The S2000 without spark plugs and those crazy pipes in the engine bay that I have no idea what they do.. I don’t know how it runs, but I like it.  We must also mention the M3 with the pedobear sticker, it should have won something.. like Best Decal In Show. Or something.

On the lifestyle side of things, the show managed to cater to a wide variety of audiences, with some dance competitions, sports exhibitions, AND- a STREET FIGHTER IV competition hosted by the MLG and NOS Energy drinks!!! As they would say in the fighting game community, I was literally getting hype to see something like this breaking into the mainstream. Joystick warriors rejoice, you are no longer displaced to the dark corners of the local arcade!!

In all seriousness though, the Motion Auto Show was all we had hoped it would be- a turn-around in what was a stagnant and slowing trend in exciting car shows. We’re glad that Motion is bringing it back and setting the bar for future car shows from now on!

Thank you Mike Morita and Ryan Nguyen, for setting up this awesome show as well as for your kindness and generosity. Special shout outs to the MFest crew, and ACE/High End as usual .  Also special thanks to up and coming contributor, Victor Gonzalez!

Long Beach, CA – So you read our article on the Motion Auto Show. But deep down inside, you felt something was missing. “He mentioned that one major component of car shows are the cars… but he forgot the other half… the models. WHERE ARE THE MODELS?!?”  Fret not dear reader, for we would never turn a blind eye to such things! Yes, we go out of our way and take pictures of all the booth babes and models that are a staple of the car show just for you! When we previously mentioned that Motion did not disappoint, we were also referring to the fine selection of ladies that appeared throughout the day (even some of the showgoers were pretty hot; sometimes we weren’t sure if some of these girls were actual models or just attendees).  All we can say is – some of the kids that came probably hit puberty immediately at Motion- and that by the end of the day, we were thirsty for milk.  We’ll stop typing now and let you enjoy the pics we got.

Thanks for the extra contributions Steve!

Madlightmedia.com presents to you the girls of the 2011 Trans Sport Show, held at the SMX Convention center. Are you seriously still reading this? Head on over after the jump for more pictures.

We’re pretty sure this has been mentioned before, but everyone knows that when there are car show pictures, the model/promo girl pictures aren’t far behind. As always, Madlightmedia.com presents to you the girls of the 2011 Manila International Auto Show. Special mention goes to our guest photographer Joey Afortunado, who was kind enough to donate his time and talent to our site.

Photographers: Mikey Yan, Joey Afortunado

Coming in only about three months late, a set that should have been posted for Valentine’s Day! We figured though that people would appreciate the real life angel that Christine is, regardless of the time of year! After numerous delays (and frustrations) in trying to find a model for the shoot idea, we were almost to the point of obliterating a certain photographer/model networking site by shoving our keyboards through our monitors.

Through some divine intervention we were finally favored some attention in the form of Christine King. Christine is the type of girl that most guys only dream of- long slender gams, a down to earth personality with an emphasis on having fun and living life to the fullest (perhaps too much emphasis), capable of producing seductive stares that stop you in your tracks, and most importantly- a connoisseur of cars. Yes, this girl can actually tell you the difference between a B16A2 and a B18C5, has built her own LS/VTEC Civic, and currently rides a kitted BMW 5 series slammed on some fat-lipped rims. She also thinks Black Ice air freshener is better than the squash Air Spencer, which unfortunately, we disagree with

We don’t know about you readers, but any girl that probably knows more about cars than we do and is blessed with an all-natural body to die for is what we would consider a match made in heaven.

Once again, many thanks to Christine for being game to the pin-up style shoot, and Heidi Pacifico for always hooking it up with her excellent makeup and hairstyling work (and her boyfriend for putting up with having to sit in a humid studio for over 4 hours haha)!

Photographer: Dave Luong
Model: Christine King
Makeup and Hairstyling: Heidi Pacifico
Location: Studio OC, Fountain Valley, CA

P.S. Title inspired by that damn song that I listened to for 2 days non-stop while editing pics And props if you can figure out the exclamation point reference!

Madlightmedia.com brings to you the girls of the Manila Auto Salon 2010. Where the cars are, the girls are sure to follow! More pictures after the jump.

July 18, 2010, Long Beach, CA – After first showing in Nor Cal, SpoCom finally arrived in So Cal, meaning we finally had a good car based event to go to! As usual, SpoCom does not disappoint with the variety of cars; import or domestic, new and old.  Eye candy was plentiful as well- in addition to the usual booth babes were plenty of hopefuls getting test shoots done on location, as well as the usual bikini and lingerie contests.  Also of importance was the abundance of free shwag, specifically from Scion (as usual) and Mobil 1! Nothing ever wrong with free shirts and baseball caps! Anyway, enough babbling, and on to the pics!

April 15-18, 2010. World Trade Center, Pasay City, Philippines – Madlightmedia.com is proud to present to you coverage from the 2010 Manila International Autoshow. Some of the highlights of the event were the new Mazda 2 and Mazda 6 and the Mercedes Benz Hybrid and C Class. More pictures of the cars and the promo girls after the jump.